Paris mixes and matches for fall-winter 2010

PARIS: Lanvin's pitch-perfect menswear collection of romantic-yet-rugged suits and billowing trenches wrapped up Paris' fall-winter 2010-2011 displays on a high note on Sunday.

The label remained true to its uniquely personal vision, serving up looks that the chicest of Parisians would choose for an Alpine jaunt, or just about any occasion for that matter.

Paul Smith delivered more of the dandified-yet-rock 'n' roll suits that have come to define his very British brand; and Paris-based designer Josephus Thimister made his "grand retour" after a year-long absence with the season's first couture show -which included starkly beautiful cocktail dresses and evening gowns with a sprinkling of military-inspired men's looks.